The works of William Kurelek are held in public and private collections internationally. Although the following institutions hold the works listed below, they may not always be on view. This list contains only the works held in public collections discussed and illustrated in this book; many other works by Kurelek may be found in public collections across Canada.
Agnes Etherington Art Centre
Queen’s University
36 University Avenue
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
613-533-2190
agnes.queensu.ca
William Kurelek, Lest We Repent…, 1964
Oil on pressed board
68.6 x 53.3 cm
American Visionary Art Museum
800 Key Highway
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
410-244-1900
www.avam.org
William Kurelek, Where Am I? Who Am I? Why Am I?, c. 1953–54
Watercolour on paper
73.6 x 58.5 cm
Art Gallery of Alberta
2 Sir Winston Churchill Square
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
780-422-6223
youraga.ca
William Kurelek, Glimmering Tapers ’round the Day’s Dead Sanctities, 1970
Mixed media on hardboard
120.5 x 243.3 cm
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
1040 Moss Street
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
250-384-4171
aggv.ca
William Kurelek, Lumberjack’s Breakfast, 1973
Mixed media on Masonite
58.5 x 80.8 cm
Art Gallery of Hamilton
123 King Street West
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
905-527-6610
artgalleryofhamilton.com
William Kurelek, This Is the Nemesis, 1965
Mixed media on Masonite
114.8 x 115.6 cm
William Kurelek, Piotr Jarosz, 1977
Mixed media on Masonite
60.7 x 121.5 cm
William Kurelek, Polish Wedding at Kaszuby, 1977
Mixed media on Masonite
50.5 x 71 cm
Art Gallery of Ontario
317 Dundas Street West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1-877-225-4246 or 416-979-6648
ago.net
William Kurelek, Pre-Maze, c. 1953
Watercolour and graphite on paper
25.3 x 37.7 cm
William Kurelek, Behold Man Without God, 1955
Watercolour on paperboard
108.5 x 72.5 cm
William Kurelek, The Bachelor, 1955
Mixed media on hardboard
71.8 x 49.5 cm
William Kurelek, Self-Portrait, 1957
Watercolour, gouache, and ink on paper
47.5 x 38 cm
William Kurelek, The Rock, 1962
Mixed media on hardboard
124.7 x 122.4 cm
William Kurelek, In the Autumn of Life, 1964
Oil on tempered hardboard
59.1 x 120.3 cm
William Kurelek, We Find All Kinds of Excuses, 1964
Oil and graphite on tempered hardboard
121.2 x 182.2 cm
William Kurelek, Reminiscences of Youth, 1968
Mixed media on hardboard
125.1 x 149.5 cm
William Kurelek, Don Valley on a Grey Day, 1972
Mixed media on Masonite
121.9 x 243.8 cm
William Kurelek, The Painter, 1974
Mixed media on hardboard
121.9 x 91.4 cm
Bethlem Museum of the Mind
Bethlem Royal Hospital
Monks Orchard Road
Beckenham, Kent, U.K.
+44-0(20)-3228-4227
museumofthemind.org.uk
William Kurelek, The Maze, 1953
Gouache on board
91 x 121 cm
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
Cornell University
114 Central Avenue
Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.
607-255-6464
museum.cornell.edu
William Kurelek, The Maas Maze, 1971
Mixed media on panel
90.8 x 121.3 cm
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Smithsonian Institution
Independence Avenue at 7th Street S.W.
Washington, D.C., U.S.A
202-633-4674
hirshhorn.si.edu
William Kurelek, Farm Boy’s Dreams, 1961
Watercolour and ink on board
76.2 x 101.6 cm
London Transport Museum
Covent Garden Piazza
London, U.K.
+44-(0)20-7379-6344
ltmuseum.co.uk
William Kurelek, Tramlines, 1952
Gouache on board
89 x 104.2 cm
McMaster Museum of Art
1280 Main Street West
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
905-525-9140
museum.mcmaster.ca
William Kurelek, Dinnertime on the Prairies, 1963
Oil on Masonite
44.7 x 72 cm
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
1380 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
514-285-2000
mbam.qc.ca
William Kurelek, Lord That I May See, 1955
Watercolour and gouache on cardboard
119.4 x 74.9 cm
National Gallery of Canada
380 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
613-990-1985
gallery.ca
William Kurelek, Lumber Camp Sauna, 1961
Watercolour, ink, and graphite on Masonite
41.2 x 46 cm
William Kurelek, Manitoba Party, 1964
Oil on Masonite
121.9 x 152.6 cm
William Kurelek, The Ukrainian Pioneer, 1971, 1976
Acrylic, graphite, and coloured pencil (gouache and watercolour?) on Masonite
Each hexaptych 152.5 x 121.5 cm
Niagara Falls Art Gallery and Museum
8058 Oakwood Drive
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
905-356-1514
niagarafallsartgallery.ca
William Kurelek, The Passion of Christ (And So They Reached a Place Called Golgotha …), 1960–63
Gouache on paper
57 x 49.5 cm
William Kurelek, The Passion of Christ (And, While They Were At Table, He Said, Believe Me, One Of You Is To Betray Me), 1960–63
Gouache on paper
57 x 49.5 cm
William Kurelek, The Passion of Christ (Saying As They Did So …), 1960–6
3Gouache on paper
57 x 49.5 cm
William Kurelek, All Things Betray Thee Who Betrayest Me, 1970
Mixed media on Masonite
122 x 122 cm
Ontario Jewish Archives
Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre
UJA Federation of Greater Toronto
Sherman Campus
4600 Bathurst Street
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
416-635-5391
ontariojewisharchives.org
William Kurelek, Yom Kippur, 1975
Mixed media on board
50.8 x 57.2 cm
The Robert McLaughlin Gallery
72 Queen Street
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
905-576-3000
rmg.on.ca
William Kurelek, Hunter Awaiting Seal at Breathing Hole, 1976
Photographic lithograph
47.9 x 40.6 cm
Ukrainian Museum of Canada
910 Spadina Crescent East
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
306-244-3800
umc.sk.ca
William Kurelek, Ukrainian Canadian Farm Picnic, 1966
Oil on panel
70.5 x 70.5 cm
Winnipeg Art Gallery
300 Memorial Boulevard
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
204-786-6641
wag.ca
William Kurelek, Zaporozhian Cossacks, 1952
Oil on Masonite
102 x 152 cm
William Kurelek, Despondency, 1963
Oil on Masonite
120.2 x 78.5 cm
William Kurelek, Cross Section of Vinnitsia in the Ukraine, 1939, 1968
Ballpoint pen, ink, house paint, wood, oil, and graphite on Masonite
57.5 x 76 cm
William Kurelek, Behold Man Without God #4, 1973
Oil on board
95.9 x 59.1 cm
William Kurelek, Night and the Winnipeg Flood, 1977
Oil on Masonite
28 x 27.5 cm
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